An Ophisops having the parietals not in contact with each other, separated by a very large occipital and a small post-occipital, supraoculars and supraciliaries in contact with each other, lacking an intermediate series of granules, and the ventral border of the subocular almost twice the ventral border of the fourth upper labial.

Comment

The Gebel Elba Snake-eyed Lizard, Ophisops elbaensis, is a strikingly colored lizard that was originally thought to be endemic to Gebel Elba but has since been found in the Arabian Peninsula.

Etymology

References

Baha el Din, S. 2006. A guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo. xvi + 359 pp.